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romney is on offense and obama is on defense in the final week. >> eric: obama on defense, he went to new hampshire and only got four electoral votes in new hampshire. he went up there to grab four. is that desperation or protection? >> it's protection. look, this race is going to be very close. everybody recognizes that. could come down to a few votes, a few states. i want to comment on what is going on with the weather. this actually has political implications. first of all, the public is going to be focused on the storm the next three or four days. it will take the focus off the election. it will be harder for the candidates to get their messages out. also, obama has the lead in virginia, 4-point lead. he's ahead in ohio. and to the extent that this -- the weather conditions in those states take the attention away from the election tmay freeze things in place. i think obama is going to win both virginia and ohio, i think it will be very, very close. i think this election's going to go doub to the wire. i suspect you will see both candidates as they readjust their schedule because o
romney is on offense and obama is on defense in the final week. >> eric: obama on defense, he went to new hampshire and only got four electoral votes in new hampshire. he went up there to grab four. is that desperation or protection? >> it's protection. look, this race is going to be very close. everybody recognizes that. could come down to a few votes, a few states. i want to comment on what is going on with the weather. this actually has political implications. first of all, the...
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was it because of all these defense cuts? secondly if we had them why didn't we use them? because they were there and available. and the third one is why are we having this massive attempt to try to cover this up, beginning with this fictitious argument about these mobs and these protests against a video. and now we are looking at not even interviewing a key witness that could shed a lot of light on this investigation. bill: let me come back to that point, because the other bit of information that jennifer griffin was reporting last night from the pentagon, from her post at the pentagon is that there were at least two drones over this area while the attack was in progress, one arrived about an hour into it, was running low on fuel. that was replaced by one that fl flew in from italy. neither was armed. what do you make that of? >> well, bill, two things. first of all, we now know that the white house instantaneously knew who was happening in this particular situation. we are told that the president said that the military should do everything that was necessary. that drone
was it because of all these defense cuts? secondly if we had them why didn't we use them? because they were there and available. and the third one is why are we having this massive attempt to try to cover this up, beginning with this fictitious argument about these mobs and these protests against a video. and now we are looking at not even interviewing a key witness that could shed a lot of light on this investigation. bill: let me come back to that point, because the other bit of information...
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senior defense official tells fox, "while some may think that armed drones could have made a difference in benghazi, that is altogether unclear. we need good intelligence to drive the use of armed drones. it's not like you can just send hell fire missile to relatively crowded area when you don't know precisely where the enemy is." >> bret: we'll continue to follow it. thank you. >>> syrian state tv says an air force general has been assassinated in a damascus suburb. it blames terrorists, which is the government's word for "rebels" there. airstrikes continue on neighborhoods around the capital. eight people were reported killed in one district. 18 in another. monday was said to be the most intense day of bombing. since the war began. you will not believe what animal rights activists want to do in california about some dead fish. and how do you get storm information from the government when the power goes out? bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, you
senior defense official tells fox, "while some may think that armed drones could have made a difference in benghazi, that is altogether unclear. we need good intelligence to drive the use of armed drones. it's not like you can just send hell fire missile to relatively crowded area when you don't know precisely where the enemy is." >> bret: we'll continue to follow it. thank you. >>> syrian state tv says an air force general has been assassinated in a damascus suburb. it...
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romney campaign has them on defense. and obama camp said they are in a strong position in ohio where he's been up and they think he can come to the smaller ones and build a fire wall. we see the obama team make changes because of the hurricane. vice president biden cancelled events he would do in coastal virginia. they don't want to get in the way of the storm. emergency personnel would have to deal with that. and then the president is leaving washington on sunday in stead of monday to get to orlando on monday . heap's geth briefings and he has to make sure it is not a hurricane kathryn where he is out campaigning and. >> and thank you very much. >> and pending attack targeting american soil over seas. we heard it before. this one was stopped in its this u.s. embassy was not the terrorist only target. and the respects behind it. and also, tens of millions of people in this storm's path. and new warnings by the hour. you are looking live now as it moves n. and that is it a reporter on the field. southeast coast feeling it
romney campaign has them on defense. and obama camp said they are in a strong position in ohio where he's been up and they think he can come to the smaller ones and build a fire wall. we see the obama team make changes because of the hurricane. vice president biden cancelled events he would do in coastal virginia. they don't want to get in the way of the storm. emergency personnel would have to deal with that. and then the president is leaving washington on sunday in stead of monday to get to...
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with me is former reagan defense official and frank gaffney, a pleasure to have you with us this evening. >> good evening. good to be with you. >> let's talk about al qaeda, is it decimateed, on the run, on its heels? >> i believe the president is knowingly misleading the american people, putting it gently. lying to them about this -- there's every reason to believe that al qaeda is stronger today than it was when he took office. it certainly is operating with impunity in more places, and is more aggressive as a result, i believe, of his policies. so far from them being on the path to defeat or decimated, as he likes to say, apart from some people in the leadership who clearly have been taken out, the organization and particularly the franchises of the organization, the wanna-bes, those affiliated with it that are now rung, in some cases effectively, countries. for example, the size of france. >> frank, let me ask you this. where are they getting their arms from? >> it's some of it, i believe, they're getting from places that are -- happy to supply them. i think the saudis, the turks are
with me is former reagan defense official and frank gaffney, a pleasure to have you with us this evening. >> good evening. good to be with you. >> let's talk about al qaeda, is it decimateed, on the run, on its heels? >> i believe the president is knowingly misleading the american people, putting it gently. lying to them about this -- there's every reason to believe that al qaeda is stronger today than it was when he took office. it certainly is operating with impunity in more...
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president obama is now force to play defense in a lot of state that is he thought he would win easily like wisconsin and minnesota and pennsylvania, now. where governor romney is putting out couple millions worth of ads and doing a big rally in pennsylvania tomorrow. they think that that is winable . it looks like the race is tilting strongly to governor romney and he is putting resource in ohio a key state and other states where president obama had it locked up. not anymore. >> let ask you about benghazi. do you think that the president owes it to the american people to talk about what he knew about the election . talking about the investigation and obviously not completed until after the election. but he's not answering the questions they are asking . not getting responses. do you think that the american public needs to come clean. >> the cia came out with a time line andment defense department explained their actions in terms of defending what is going on . director of national intelligence initial analysis it was tied to the video and testimony in congress. fox polls this week tha
president obama is now force to play defense in a lot of state that is he thought he would win easily like wisconsin and minnesota and pennsylvania, now. where governor romney is putting out couple millions worth of ads and doing a big rally in pennsylvania tomorrow. they think that that is winable . it looks like the race is tilting strongly to governor romney and he is putting resource in ohio a key state and other states where president obama had it locked up. not anymore. >> let ask...
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seven states that have been hotly contested and present the romney campaign opportunity to put obama on defense and have the offense ease the path to 270. very, very close, six days left, polls suggest everything is tight and no way to know who has the edge. so, no time for napping, either. >>shepard: i was hoping you got a nap while everyone else was working. >>carl: not a chance. romney is staying busy. >>shepard: thank you, carl cameron. massive gridlock around new york city, 4.3 million people use the subways and there is no subway. commuters returned to work and many are trapped if their homes. the national guard rescuest ahead, and, also, there were buses coming out of harlem and people waiting four hours and never getting a bus and the new york stock exchange re-opened today and they all back to work but it could take time to get trading back to normal. check in with the markets and get you updated at the bottom of the hour meaning the top of the news here. cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement ins
seven states that have been hotly contested and present the romney campaign opportunity to put obama on defense and have the offense ease the path to 270. very, very close, six days left, polls suggest everything is tight and no way to know who has the edge. so, no time for napping, either. >>shepard: i was hoping you got a nap while everyone else was working. >>carl: not a chance. romney is staying busy. >>shepard: thank you, carl cameron. massive gridlock around new york...
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if his defense, it is like he is over-the-top but that is who he is. that is why people love him. >> i give him credit for not thinking politically all the time. he is befuddleed when things are political and they should not be political. i do think to your point, this was all a media-generated." it was almost like here you had the media championing the idea of bipartisanship, but with hurricane katrina they went in the opposite direction and they wanted demonization. >> help me out, what is good about it? what is good about the response? people are still dying. bob: it has six days. >> eight, but who is counting. >> my count it was last monday but maybe it is six days. the point is what he said here was a fair thing on say, they have done a remarkably good job, it was 8.5 million people without electricity and now it is 3 million. he deserves to get credit. why not? why not give him credit? >> what did he do? governor chris christie said you do a good job, thank you. what does he do? we are still looking for people. >> people are still looking for fem
if his defense, it is like he is over-the-top but that is who he is. that is why people love him. >> i give him credit for not thinking politically all the time. he is befuddleed when things are political and they should not be political. i do think to your point, this was all a media-generated." it was almost like here you had the media championing the idea of bipartisanship, but with hurricane katrina they went in the opposite direction and they wanted demonization. >> help...
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that includes the secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs, secretary of state, national security advisor et cetera. fox news has learned that u.s. military intelligence was reporting as early as 7:00 p.m. eastern, less than four hours after the attack began, that ansar al-sharia carried out the attack. the intelligence was relayed to the military with no caveats according to a source familiar with the intelligence. further two state department cables show stevens team warned washington at 6:43 a.m. in the morning they had concerns that members of the libyan police sent to guard them were photographing the come pound. quote, this important was photographing the inside of u.s. special mission and furthermore this person was part of the police unit september to protect the mission. u.s. intelligence officials confirmed to fox that in fact there were reports from the ground in benghazi that three hours before the attack on the consulate that a libyan militia was gathering weapons and gathering steam. that was three hours before the consulate was attacked at 9:47 p.m. on september 11t
that includes the secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs, secretary of state, national security advisor et cetera. fox news has learned that u.s. military intelligence was reporting as early as 7:00 p.m. eastern, less than four hours after the attack began, that ansar al-sharia carried out the attack. the intelligence was relayed to the military with no caveats according to a source familiar with the intelligence. further two state department cables show stevens team warned...
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. >> greta: secretary of defense panetta said because there's been some criticism that the united states at least it's thought that they didn't respond to some requests for help on the ground. he said something to the effect we don't send people into danger without knowing the consequence. i know you're also a member of the military reserves and the u.s. senate. do you have any thought about that? >> yeah. i think there would be a lot of military members that would be shocked to hear that. how many operations have we launched to help comrades in distress not knowing what the outcome would be but knowing that's what we should do? here's what the american people don't realize. in june our consulate was attacked, on june the 6th. they blew i a hole in the wall that 40 people could go through. about a week the british ambassador's convoy was attack in benghazi, libya. guess who came to their aid? lieutenant colonel wood, an american military member, a member of the utah national guard, part of a security team. he left the american consulate to come to the aid of the british ambassador and ex
. >> greta: secretary of defense panetta said because there's been some criticism that the united states at least it's thought that they didn't respond to some requests for help on the ground. he said something to the effect we don't send people into danger without knowing the consequence. i know you're also a member of the military reserves and the u.s. senate. do you have any thought about that? >> yeah. i think there would be a lot of military members that would be shocked to...
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much of his message was about half trillion dollars in defense cuts known as sequestration. a huge issue here in virginia. >> mitt romney and i we are not going to let this sequester take place. we are not going to gut our military. we believe peace through strength. that the best way to keep us safe to have the strongest military the world has ever seen. we are not going to cost those jobs here in virginia. >> reporter: mitt romney is going to make his final pitch tomorrow. >> megyn: all right. thank you. looking at my e-mail, this just came in on the subject of military. their vote and virginia is a critical state. apparently bill clinton out on the campaign trail at a rally for president obama in virginia yesterday talked about bringing this country together and crossing all of ace diversity. then he added the military is less racist and less homophobic than it used to be. we'll be right back. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five d
much of his message was about half trillion dollars in defense cuts known as sequestration. a huge issue here in virginia. >> mitt romney and i we are not going to let this sequester take place. we are not going to gut our military. we believe peace through strength. that the best way to keep us safe to have the strongest military the world has ever seen. we are not going to cost those jobs here in virginia. >> reporter: mitt romney is going to make his final pitch tomorrow....
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gallon-trucks have been brought in, set up at five spots around new york city by the department of defense, giving away free gas. it is first for first responders, but they say they won't turn anyone away. we will be back later today. janet napolitano will be on hand later with governor chris christie at 3:15. >> even 50 miles away from the storm, you can't find an open gas station. it's quite a scene here. >> reporter: nope. >> thank you. >> back to politics now, one of the latest indications of how close this presidential election is. a brand-new poll? one battleground state hoeing a virtual dead heat. as political watchers believe it might be out of reach for governor romney. we will take a closer look at who could ultimately decide who wins the state of pennsylvania. we will get a report from the ground there. who can forget these images? americans taking hostages in iran 33 years ago today, capturing the world's attention. one of the captives shares his story with us, ahead. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and th
gallon-trucks have been brought in, set up at five spots around new york city by the department of defense, giving away free gas. it is first for first responders, but they say they won't turn anyone away. we will be back later today. janet napolitano will be on hand later with governor chris christie at 3:15. >> even 50 miles away from the storm, you can't find an open gas station. it's quite a scene here. >> reporter: nope. >> thank you. >> back to politics now, one of...
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new york governor cuomo along with the department of defense setting up emergency mobile fuel stations this just coming into us from the area that will allow free gasoline distributed to gas strapped customers. 10 gallon per person limit. i don't know where these setup centers would be. but that they're trucking up to 12 million gallons of fuel to the new york area for this, beginning like now. this weekend. and this on the same day we're about a little over an hour away from gas rationing going into effect in the state of new jersey, the first time we've seen that since the last energy crisis back in 1979, ott plates that end in odd number get gas on odd days, even numbered plates on even days. and, but most folks in new jersey have no idea this is happening and most travelling through the state have no idea this is happening, so imagine their surprise a little afternoon that they have the wrong plate and they expect gas and the guy tells them at the pump, sorry, you'll have to come tomorrow. that should go down well. anyway, reaction to all this have and what could be a storm whose f
new york governor cuomo along with the department of defense setting up emergency mobile fuel stations this just coming into us from the area that will allow free gasoline distributed to gas strapped customers. 10 gallon per person limit. i don't know where these setup centers would be. but that they're trucking up to 12 million gallons of fuel to the new york area for this, beginning like now. this weekend. and this on the same day we're about a little over an hour away from gas rationing...
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he won't let those automatic defense cuts go through at the beginning of next year. and he has been getting that message has been received very well out on the trail. now, there is also a big-time senate race here in virginia between two big names. former republic governor george allen and former democratic goverr tim cane. the two have raised a combined $30 million. and then outside groups have pumped in another $40 million. allen has been getting some help on the trail by mitt romney and a few days ago vice president biden was here telling virginia voters to pick tim cane. now, where i am here in fairfax county, this is virginia's most populist locality. since the year 2000 it's been the fourth fastest growing county in the united states. then senator obama won fairfax county by 109,000 votes in 2008. it helped him carry the state. which means that the people you see walking behind me and the people in that building could be casting the deciding votes in the 2012 presidential election if it comes down to virginia, which it might. back to you. >> gretchen: all right
he won't let those automatic defense cuts go through at the beginning of next year. and he has been getting that message has been received very well out on the trail. now, there is also a big-time senate race here in virginia between two big names. former republic governor george allen and former democratic goverr tim cane. the two have raised a combined $30 million. and then outside groups have pumped in another $40 million. allen has been getting some help on the trail by mitt romney and a...
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joining us now is senior fellow at advanced defense studies, tony schaeffer. great to have you in the studio with us. >> thank you for having me. >> alisyn: let's rewind the tape a little bit what the guys on the ground testified to the house oversight committee. that they had asked before the attack happened. they knew that targeted attacks on westerners were increasing. >> right. >> alisyn: a bigger team of 12 more security guards to come to libya. >> right. >> alisyn: do you think had they gotten those 12 more in benghazi or tripoli that this attack on september 11th wouldn't have happened? >> the fabric would have been completely different. i'm not trying to brag about this. the number of individuals on the ground could have taken on 150, had you had those additional resources, we're talking about essentially an eight-hour fire fight that could have been mitigated greatly from the beginning if you had better force. these guys, the two over there, talked about the the fact the cia device had to scramble to go over-- >> they were doing on their own. >> viola
joining us now is senior fellow at advanced defense studies, tony schaeffer. great to have you in the studio with us. >> thank you for having me. >> alisyn: let's rewind the tape a little bit what the guys on the ground testified to the house oversight committee. that they had asked before the attack happened. they knew that targeted attacks on westerners were increasing. >> right. >> alisyn: a bigger team of 12 more security guards to come to libya. >> right....
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their way through the streets with small arms, they're not designed to carry out a long-term assault or defense. some type of cover to keep the whose tills out until the cavalry arrives ap the only reason the people got back to the annex and secured. >> brian: jennifer griffin reveals they had mach 48 machine guns. >> potent weapons against a handgun, but not against heavy weaponry and attackers. >> brian: do you believe the cia has been put together as the fall guy, slowly, but surely going to be looking like they messed up the response? >> there's no surprise that the cia would be the fall guy, the scapegoat or get thrown under the bus, happens on a regular basis over the years, but the cia is a very, very handy target when it comes to casting blame, why? they don't. >> brian: they don't have a spokesperson. >> they don't go back up on capitol hill and say here is what happened? they keep their mouths shut because it's classified information. that's what you're supposed to do. they're used to getting kicked around and go back and do their job. >> brian: i want you to hear senator john mccain
their way through the streets with small arms, they're not designed to carry out a long-term assault or defense. some type of cover to keep the whose tills out until the cavalry arrives ap the only reason the people got back to the annex and secured. >> brian: jennifer griffin reveals they had mach 48 machine guns. >> potent weapons against a handgun, but not against heavy weaponry and attackers. >> brian: do you believe the cia has been put together as the fall guy, slowly,...